Dorchester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 51.6464, -1.1631
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Capital
- London — 73 km away
- Same name
- 21 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dorchester, England, United Kingdom
This page displays how late it is in Dorchester, England, United Kingdom, in the Europe/London time zone (+0).
Dorchester, United Kingdom
Wednesday, 11 November 2026
UTC+0 · Europe/London
Local time in Dorchester
UTC+0 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Dorchester.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:17 AM Solar noon 11:50 AM Sunset 4:23 PM Daylight 9 h 06 min Night 14 h 54 min Civil twilight 6:40 AM – 4:59 PM
Weather in Dorchester right now
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Dorchester and its neighbours
Postal codes
- DT1
- OX10
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in England
- London 8 961 989
- Birmingham 1 157 603
- Manchester 568 996
- Sheffield 556 500
- Leeds 536 280
- Liverpool 496 770
Other places named Dorchester
- Dorchester Massachusetts, United States
- Dorchester England, United Kingdom
- Dorchester Ontario, Canada
- Dorchester Maryland, United States
- Dorchester New Brunswick, Canada
Same time zone — Europe/London
- London United Kingdom
- Birmingham United Kingdom
- Glasgow United Kingdom
Nearby places
- Dorchester On Thames — 0.3 km
- Warborough — 2.0 km
- Drayton Saint Leonard — 2.6 km
- Sotwell — 3.4 km
- Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell — 3.5 km
- Wittenham — 4.0 km
Dorchester: clock, sun and surroundings
There are 2 postal code zones in Dorchester.
For Dorchester the applicable zone is Europe/London, running UTC+0. Daylight saving time: No.
First light in Dorchester comes at 7:17 AM today; darkness returns after 4:23 PM. The day gives 9 h 06 min of light.
The time given for Dorchester holds for nearby Dorchester On Thames and Warborough too.
Questions and answers
- What time zone applies in Dorchester?
- In Dorchester, the applicable time zone is Europe/London, with an offset of +0.
- Does the clock in Dorchester move for summer time?
- No.
- How early does the sun rise in Dorchester?
- The first sunlight comes at 7:17 AM.